Seo Gyeong-deok (Korean: 서경덕; Hanja: 徐敬德; 18 March 1489 – 13 August 1546[1]) was a Korean Neo-Confucianist philosopher during the Joseon period. His philosophy studied materialism and phenomenology based on ancient taoist philosophy theories absorbed by neoconfucianism, like Yin and Yang and Ki.[2]
| Seo Gyeong-deok | |
| Hangul | 서경덕 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Seo Gyeongdeok |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ Kyŏngdŏk |
| Art name | |
| Hangul | 화담 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hwadam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwadam |
Works
Seo was a great scholar of the day. He counted among his students the famed gisaeng Hwang Jini, for whom he wrote this sijo:
Other works:
Disciples
- Hwang Jin-yi - Korean poet and artist
- Heo Gyun - Korean novelist, philosopher, and politician
- Yi Ji-ham (이지함) - Korean astrologer, diviner, and politician
- Heo Nanseolheon - Korean poet
- Han Baek-gyeom (한백겸) - Geographer and philosopher
- Park Sun (박순) - Philosopher and politician
Family
- Father - Seo Ho-beon (서호번; 徐好蕃)
- Mother - Lady Han of the Boan Han clan (보안 한씨; 保安 韓氏)
- Sibling(s)
- Younger brother - Seo Sung-deok (서숭덕; 徐崇德)
- Wives and their issue
- Lady Yi of the Taein Yi clan (태안 이씨; 泰安 李氏); daughter Yi Gye-jong (이계종; ? – 7 January 1561)
- Son - Seo Eung-ga (서응가; 徐應暇)
- Son - Seo Eung-gi (서응기; 徐應麒)
- Daughter - Lady Seo of the Dangseong Seo clan (당성 서씨)
- Unnamed concubine
- Son - Seo Eung-bong (서응봉; 徐應鳳)
- Son - Seo Eung-gu (서응구; 徐應龜)
- Lady Yi of the Taein Yi clan (태안 이씨; 泰安 李氏); daughter Yi Gye-jong (이계종; ? – 7 January 1561)